Egyptian Mummies, A Very Peculiar History by Jim Pipe

Author:Jim Pipe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gift, information, gods, ancient, pyramid, egypt, death, africa, quirky, odd, interesting, stories, religion, mummification, myth, tomb, pharaoh, mummy, nile, afterlife
ISBN: 9781908177988
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2012
Published: 2012-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

Ten things to take to the grave

Don’t get buried without them!

• Model brewers to brew beer in the afterlife

• Harps to play hymns to the gods

• Board games, such as senet, to while away eternity

• Fans made from ostrich feathers to keep you cool

• Make-up such as eye-liner so you look your best for the gods

• Shoes for padding around in the afterlife. Trendy King Tut had 100 pairs in his tomb!

• First-aid kit, just in case you trip and cut yourself in the afterlife

• Chariot for whizzing around in, although in a small tomb like Tutankhamun’s the chariot had to be dismantled to fit it inside

• Magic wands to protect against poisonous snakes and scorpions in the afterlife

• Food. Early tombs were stockpiled with food for the Otherworld. The tomb of King Aha ‘the Fighting Hawk’ (1st Dynasty) in Abydos contained waterbirds, ox meat, bread, cheese, dried figs, jars of beer and wine vessels.

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